City shines a beacon of light on this year’s Fiesta®
- 2009 Official City Fiesta® Medal on sale -

With Fiesta® San Antonio just around the corner, the City invites you display your San Antonio pride with the Official City Fiesta® 2009 Medal. Inspired by artist Angel Rodriguez-Diaz’s 2008 public art project, The Beacon, this year’s medal illuminates the true spirit of San Antonio’s cultural heritage.

The medal’s design motif is a direct replica of the oxidized steel 28-foot-tall illuminated sculpture that sits at the roundabout at Blanco Road and Fulton Street in the Beacon Hill Neighborhood. Fashioned in the likeness of a Mexican tin lamp (luminaria), The Beacon features images of a maguey plant, clouds with a setting sun and a crescent moon at the top.

This is the fifth in a series of limited edition Fiesta® medals created by City to feature public art projects from across San Antonio. The medal is available for $5.00 at the City’s Visitor Information Center located downtown at 317 Alamo Plaza and the Fiesta® Store located at 2611 Broadway.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the medals support the maintenance of public art in San Antonio through the City’s Public Art & Design Enhancement Program. For more information, call 354-2788.